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Tents set up by Kurdish forces in preparation for displaced people are seen in the town of Ras al-Ain on the Syria-Turkey border. The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria called up civilians to defend the region against a feared Turkish assault, believed to be imminent. IMAGES
Turkish war planes on Saturday launched air strikes on positions of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria, the prime minister said, as Ankara launched a new operation against the group. IMAGES
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters make a further push to dislodge Islamic State out of its last remaining stronghold in Iraq on Thursday.
US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications, Ben Rhodes, warned Turkey against engaging with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during the daily press briefing in Washington D.C. on Monday. Rhodes said that although the US support the Turkish effort to rid Jarablus of so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters, they do not however "support and we would oppose efforts to move south and engage in activities against" the SDF.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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